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3000 x 50 = 150,000 muff have died of the plague, 
without making any allowance for the great number 
of people, that run away to Prufa, Nicomedia, 
Adrianople, the illands, and fuch as muft have died 
of other difeafes in three months in a populous city 
of a million of fouls, by the calculation of 20,0c o 
killows per day. 
The ficknefs began very violent, which flruck a 
panic in all ranks and degrees of people, caufing 
many to remove their quarters ; and even the better 
fort of Turks themfelves ufed greater precaution than 
ufual ; by which means there were but two of their 
great men died : 'tis faid, four of the grand fignor’s 
ladies died ; but this wants confirmation. Thus far I 
can afliire you, that in the village where we lived, there 
died only fixty perfons of the plague j and in the 
year 1740, which made no noife, there died in the 
fame village of it 49 perfons. The French ambaf- 
fador's palace next door to us in the village was in- 
fected ; becaufe five of his people went at midnight 
to a bawdy-houfe, where the father Demetry, the 
mother and daughter, at the fame time had the plague, 
and died of it afterwards all three ; fo that two of his 
excellency’s fervants were infeCted by them, one of 
whom died, and the other recover’d, and is fill liv- 
ing, after taking a vomit, feme dofes of the bark 
mix’d with fnake-root and Venice- treacle, by my 
advice. 
Next I muff obferve to you, that there are two 
vulgar errors, with regard to the plague, efia- 
blifh’d in this country. They fay, that a plague 
which begins early, ends foon ; which is falfe ; for, 
in the year 1737, the plague began at Smyrna the 
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